European Capitalism Developments

The long-term trajectories of institutional change in European capitalism

The article provides a theoretical overview and empirical summary of the contributions to this collection. The collection makes four contributions to the literature on comparative capitalism. First, its analysis of institutional change adopts a long-term historical perspective that allows us to observe the potentially transformative effects of relatively slow and incremental changes. Second, it...

Informality and Nonprofits in East Central European Capitalism

This paper presents an analysis of nonprofit organizations—the organizational infrastructure of civil society—in East Central Europe, from one important respect: by placing them in the context of the comparative historical sociology of the region’s widespread informality. This involves two steps: (1) summarizing an argument about the role of informality in East Central European capitalism today...

Some European Developments in Welding Consumables

This paper represents a selected survey of incisive research on novel welding consumables which contribute to the structural integrity of advanced engineering structures. It is evident that there are tremendous advances to be made by applying the most sophisticated instrumentation available to Materials Science, together with theory and insight based on metallurgical experience. We congratulate...

European developments in labelling allergenic foods.

Debating Capitalism

This paper is about the dissemination of knowledge across the curriculum and the role business education can play in elevating student awareness and understanding of interdisciplinary thoughts. Most importantly, it explores the importance of thoughtful appreciation of divergent educational paradigms and how such an appreciation can be the bridge toward cohesive, contemporary, and meaningful lea...